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First Amendment cases
Speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition cases before the Supreme Court.
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25-1370Samreen Farid Riaz, Petitioner v. Dental Board of California
1. Did the Supreme court of California in error, abuse discretion and show bias denying Petition (S293171) on Dec 10 25 and left unresolved conflicted...
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25-1404StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice, et al., Petitioners v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1. Whether the harassers’ subjective discriminatory intent is an element of a hostile environment claim under Title VI. 2. Whether the First Amendmen...
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25-1371Arthur Edward Ezor, Petitioner v. Ellie Page
1. The Supreme Court of California should not have denied the Petition for Review, and the subject Order against EZOR should be reversed. 2. The Supr...
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25-1215Mark B. Cohen, Petitioner v. Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania
Whether content-based restrictions on the speech of sitting judges must satisfy strict scrutiny, such that the decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsy...
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24-557David Asa Villarreal, Petitioner v. Texas
The Supreme Court unanimously held that a trial court's qualified conferral order prohibiting discussion of a defendant's testimony during a mid-testi...
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24-539Kaley Chiles, Petitioner v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, et al.
Does a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—i.e., attempts to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity—violate the Free Speech C...
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24-781First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc., Petitioner v. Jennifer Davenport, Attorney General of New Jersey
Faith-based pregnancy centers challenge a New Jersey attorney general's investigation and subpoena for donor information. The case raises First Amendm...
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24-621National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al., Petitioners v. Federal Election Commission, et al.
Challengers seek to overturn limits on coordinated campaign spending by political parties, arguing the restrictions violate First Amendment protection...
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21-5592Ramirez v. Collier
Ramirez v. Collier is about whether Texas can let death-row inmate John Ramirez’s pastor be in the execution chamber but forbid the pastor from touchi...
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21-147Egbert v. Boule
This case asked whether an inn owner could sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent for money damages after the agent allegedly used excessive force against him...
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21-12Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz
This case is about a federal campaign-finance law that capped at $250,000 the amount of post-election donations a campaign could use to repay money a ...
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20-804Houston Community College System v. Wilson
This case asked whether a public college board violated the First Amendment when it formally censured one of its elected trustees after he repeatedly ...
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20-197Biden v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Uni v.
This case concerned whether President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics from his personal Twitter account after using that accoun...
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20-1800Shurtleff v. Boston
This case was about Boston’s refusal to let a private group raise a Christian flag on a City Hall flagpole that the city had often made available to o...
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20-1499ACLU v. United States
The ACLU is asking the Supreme Court to review a ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review that said it lacked power to consider...
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20-1063Berisha v. Lawson
This case arises from a defamation suit by Shkelzen Berisha against author Guy Lawson over statements linking Berisha to an arms-dealing scandal. The ...
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20-1066Hoggard v. Rhodes
A student sued Arkansas State University officials and trustees, claiming they violated her First Amendment rights by making her move a table from an ...
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19-831Jarchow v. State Bar of Wis.
This case asks whether Wisconsin can require lawyers to join and financially support the state bar as a condition of practicing law. The petition argu...
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02-1674McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
This case considers whether the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which banned 'soft money' donations and regulated political advertising, viola...
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19-6630Hunter v. Murdoch
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the Eighth Circuit. The petitioner has also ...
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19-465Chiafalo v. Washington
This case asked whether Washington could fine presidential electors who broke their pledge and voted for someone other than the candidate who won the ...
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19-251Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta
This case was about a California rule requiring charities that raise money in the state to give the attorney general the names and addresses of their ...
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19-267Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
This case asked whether teachers at Catholic elementary schools who taught religion and led students in religious activities count as “ministers” for ...
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19-309Carney v. Adams
This case involved Delaware’s constitutional rules requiring partisan balance on its major courts, which an independent lawyer challenged as excluding...
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19-177Agency for Int'l De v. v. Alliance for Open Soc'y Int'l, Inc.
The case asked whether the federal government could require foreign affiliates of U.S.-based aid groups fighting HIV/AIDS abroad to adopt a policy opp...
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19-1184Bruni v. City of Pittsburgh
This case involves a challenge to Pittsburgh’s abortion-clinic buffer-zone ordinance by sidewalk counselors who want to have quiet, one-on-one convers...
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19-123Fulton v. Philadelphia
Philadelphia stopped working with Catholic Social Services in its foster-care program because the agency, for religious reasons, would not certify sam...
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19-122Thompson v. Hebdon
This case challenged Alaska’s very low campaign contribution limits, which restrict how much individuals can give each year to candidates and certain ...
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19-1051Kansas v. Boettger
This case asks whether Kansas may punish a person for making a violent threat when the person acted with reckless disregard that the statement would p...
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19-1047Weiss v. Marsh
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District. The speci...
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18-364Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders, et al., Petitioners v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, et al.
This case involved a New Jersey county’s historic-preservation grant program, which had awarded funds to churches to repair and restore church buildin...
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24-656TikTok Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
The Supreme Court upheld a federal law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest the platform or face a ban in the United States...
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17-333Besinek v. Lamone
Republican voters challenged Maryland’s 2011 redesign of the Sixth Congressional District, claiming state officials redrew it to punish them for suppo...
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17-21Lozman v. Riviera Beach
This case concerns a Florida man who says the City of Riviera Beach had him arrested at a city council meeting to punish him for criticizing city offi...
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17-742Mary Anne Sause, Petitioner v. Timothy J. Bauer, et al.
Whether the Court of Appeals correctly held Respondents were entitled to qualified immunity because the law was not so clearly defined at the time of ...
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17-965Trump v. Hawaii
This case was about President Trump’s 2017 proclamation restricting entry into the United States for certain people from several countries after a gov...
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17-1702Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
This case is about whether Manhattan Neighborhood Network, a private nonprofit chosen by New York City to run public-access cable channels, can be tre...
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18-96Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas
This case was about a Tennessee law that let people or businesses get retail liquor licenses only if they had lived in the state for a set number of y...
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18-302Iancu v. Brunetti
This case asked whether the federal government could refuse to register trademarks it considered “immoral” or “scandalous,” after the Patent and Trade...
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16-1140National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra
This case asked whether California could require anti-abortion pregnancy centers to give notices about state-provided reproductive health services, in...
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18-761D. Dahne, Petitioner v. Thomas W. S. Richey
Do prison inmates have a First Amendment right to include threatening, abusive, and irrelevant language in grievances?
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22-915United States v. Rahimi
The Court reversed the Fifth Circuit and upheld the federal ban on gun possession by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders. It held t...
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22-942Tingley v. Ferguson
This case asks whether a state law banning certain counseling conversations as unprofessional conduct violates the First Amendment's free speech claus...
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22-277Moody v. NetChoice
Florida defended a law restricting large social-media platforms' moderation practices and requiring explanations for moderation decisions. The Court v...
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22-842NRA v. Vullo
The Court unanimously held that the NRA plausibly alleged a First Amendment violation by claiming New York's financial regulator coerced banks and ins...
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22-1008Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
The Court addressed Florida and Texas laws regulating social media platforms but remanded both cases for further analysis. The Court provided guidance...
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19-7849Black v. Dolan
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the F...
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21-418Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.
A high school football coach was disciplined by his school district for praying at midfield after games. The Supreme Court ruled that the school's act...
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19-7899Nigl v. Litscher
Nigl filed a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis to the Supreme Court, seeking review of a decision by the Sev...
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24-809Howard Goldey, Associate Warden, et al., Petitioners v. Andrew Fields, III, et al.
The Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Goldey v. Fields and sent the case back to lower courts for further review. T...
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24-57Coalition Life, Petitioner v. City of Carbondale, Illinois
This case involves a challenge to a local ordinance in Carbondale, Illinois, that restricts peaceful speech and demonstrations within 100 feet of abor...
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19-6442Yeager v. Nat'l Pub. Radio
This matter involves a procedural request submitted to Justice Sotomayor seeking permission to file a petition for a writ of certiorari that exceeds t...
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19-767Nat'l Ass'n for Gun Rights, Inc. v. Mangan
The National Association for Gun Rights petitioned the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case involves a l...
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19-670Fleck v. Wetch
This case considers whether a state law violates the First Amendment by using an opt-out rule that presumes individuals consent to subsidizing a group...
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22-138Counterman v. Colorado
This case examines whether a person's threatening Facebook messages constitute a 'true threat' unprotected by the First Amendment. The Court held that...
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19-974Schmitt v. Larose
This case involves a challenge to subject-matter restrictions on ballot initiatives, specifically asking whether such restrictions are subject to stri...
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22-278City of Ocala v. Rojas
This case involves a dispute over whether individuals have standing to bring an Establishment Clause claim against a city. The Court considered whethe...
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22-148Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC
VIP Products created a dog toy parodying the iconic Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle. The Supreme Court ruled that using another's trademark humorously on...
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19-8084Young v. Halligan
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in the Supreme Court following a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the T...
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22-704Vidal v. Elster
The Supreme Court considered whether a federal trademark law prohibiting the registration of a living person's name without their consent violates the...
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22-506Biden v. Nebraska
The Court held that the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create websites celebrating same-sex marriages when doin...
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23-411Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al., Petitioners v. Missouri, et al.
The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit alleging the federal government coerced social media platforms into censoring speech, ruling that the plaintiffs...
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22-1025Gonzalez v. Trevino
This case clarified the evidence required to prove a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim when probable cause for the arrest exists. The Supreme C...
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22-179United States v. Hansen
Hansen involved a First Amendment challenge to a federal immigration-solicitation statute used in a fraudulent scheme promising a path to citizenship....
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24-394Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al., Petitioners v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma
This case involves a dispute over whether a state can authorize a religious charter school, specifically focusing on whether the school's actions coun...
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24-154Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.
The Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying a tax exemption to Catholic Charities Bureau because the organization's...
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22-611Lindke v. Freed
The Supreme Court established a new test to determine when a public official's social media activity constitutes state action, ruling that officials a...
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19-7975Myer v. All Dulles Area Muslim Soc'y
This case involves a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Supreme Court of Virginia regarding a dispute with the All Dulles A...
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22-555NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton
The Supreme Court reviewed a Texas law that restricted social media platforms from moderating user content and required detailed disclosures about the...
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22-324O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier
This case concerns whether public officials violate the First Amendment when they block individuals from their personal social media accounts that are...
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25-7266Katie Young v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
1. Whether a judicial officer violates the First Amendment by making statements that disparage a litigant ’ s Religious Beliefs, demonstrating hostili...
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25-6901Michael Baloga v. Brian D. Jacisin
from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
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25-1041Anthony Lewis v. HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital
1. Whether the district court deprived Dr. Lewis and his counsel of their statutory or procedural right to amend the First Amended Complaint without l...
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25-6929Patricia M. Cornell, Petitioner v. Ann Cornell
1. As a matter of law, did the Courts err when it denied Petitioner her Constitutional Due Process Rights in the Fourteenth Amendment and First Amendm...
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